Killings suspect fights return

By Bryan Fitzgerald

Updated 6:52 am, Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Anthony Repp.
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Anthony Repp.

A heavy State Police presence is evident at the command center at the Hoosic Valley Rescue Squad building near the scene of a murder at 1445 Route 40 Friday morning, July 5, 2013 in Schagticoke, N.Y. The person of interest in the case, Anthony Repp, 22, has been taken in to custody in Deerfield, Mass., after jumping a freight train according to NYSP officials. Repp is alleged to have been involved in the murder of his step-father Michael Matala, 62 and the alleged bludgeoning of his mother Cynthia Matal 58 at their Route 40 residence. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

A heavy State Police presence is evident at the command center at...

A state trooper sits at the mouth of the driveway at the scene of a murder at 1445 Route 40 Friday morning, July 5, 2013, in Schagticoke, N.Y. The person of interest in the case, Anthony Repp, 22, has been taken in to custody in Deerfield, Mass., after jumping a freight train according to NYSP officials. Repp is alleged to have been involved in the murder of his step-father Michael Matala, 62 and the alleged bludgeoning of his mother Cynthia Matal 58 at their Route 40 residence. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

A state trooper sits at the mouth of the driveway at the scene of a...

A heavy State Police presence is evident near the scene of a murder at 1445 Route 40 Friday morning, July 5, 2013, in Schagticoke, N.Y. The person of interest in the case, Anthony Repp, 22, has been taken in to custody in Deerfield, Mass., after jumping a freight train according to NYSP officials. Repp is alleged to have been involved in the murder of his step-father Michael Matala, 62 and the alleged bludgeoning of his mother Cynthia Matal 58 at their Route 40 residence. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

A heavy State Police presence is evident near the scene of a murder...

Anthony Repp, the 22-year-old Schaghticoke man accused of bludgeoning his mother and stepfather to death on July 4, did not waive his extradition at a court appearance Monday morning, the district attorney's office of northwestern Massachusetts said.

Repp, who police say hopped a freight train across state lines after the killings, was arraigned in Greenfield, Mass., County Court Monday on charges of trespassing and misleading police. He is expected to face second-degree murder charges when he is brought back to New York.

In order for Repp to return to New York, however, the state will now have to seek a governor's warrant, which is issued by a state's executive branch to bring a suspect back to a state in which he faces trial.

Mary Carey, a spokeswoman for the northwestern Massachusetts district attorney's office, said Repp is being held at a county jail without bail. Repp pleaded not guilty Monday to trespassing, misleading police and being a fugitive from justice.

How long it could now take for Repp to be extradited back to New York is unclear. Rensselaer County District Attorney Richard McNally did not return messages seeking comment.

Carey said Repp's next court appearance for the Massachusetts charges is Aug. 8.

Repp is accused of beating his mother, Cynthia Matala, and her husband, Michael Matala, to death July 4 at the couple's 1445 Route 40 home. They were found on their front lawn. Michael Matala, 62, died shortly after the attack. Cynthia Matala, 58, died Friday night at Albany Medical Center Hospital.

Authorities have not said what motivated the killings.

An autopsy concluded that the Matalas died from skull fractures and brain injuries.

After the fatal beatings, police said Repp unsuccessfully tried to steal a nearby car and then jumped on a train to Massachusetts.

When police found Repp in Deerfield, Mass., about 100 miles east of Schaghticoke, he initially gave the cops a false name, Carey said.

Repp then accurately identified himself and said he was wanted for crimes committed in New York.